Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States

SUMMARY JUDGMENT OPINION — II GRATUITOUS OFFSETS

YOCK, Judge.

This case involves the appropriate valuation to be placed upon Sioux tribal lands acquired by the United States under the Treaty of April 29, 1868 (1868 Treaty), 15 Stat. 635. The parties have in effect filed cross-motions for summary judgment to determine whether the Federal Government will be allowed, at a later trial, to prove gratuitous offsets to be applied against a $43,949,700 interlocutory judgment awarded to the plaintiff for lands ceded to the United States pursuant to the 1868 Treaty. This motion is one of six summary…